N.Y. Environmental Conservation Law § 15-2909: Water resources management strategy; hearings

§ 15-2909. Water resources management strategy; hearings.

Upon receipt of the statewide water resources management strategy from

the department of environmental conservation, the council shall promptly

publish once a week for three consecutive weeks in newspapers of general

circulation notice of public hearings thereon. Public hearings shall be

conducted in each of the substate areas represented in the statewide

strategy, and shall be in accordance with regulations adopted by the

department, subject to modification by the council. Such regulations

shall, at a minimum, require a hearing on the record with sworn

witnesses and shall afford interested parties a reasonable opportunity

to sponsor witnesses and to question witnesses sponsored by others,

including department staff, consistent with the need to conclude the

hearings expeditiously so that a state water resources management

strategy can be adopted in a timely manner. The hearings shall not be

considered part of an adjudicatory proceeding, as defined in subdivision

three of section one hundred two of the state administrative procedure

act, or as part of a rule-making proceeding held under subdivision one

of section two hundred two of such act.